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#1AA2DB

#1aa2db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1aa2db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.2% red, 63.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.13% cyan, 26.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 197.72°, with 78.78% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.26.

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Relative luminance0.3117

Complementary

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #db531a

Split complementary

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #db1a41
  3. #dbb41a

Analogous

  1. #1adbb4
  2. #1aa2db
  3. #1a41db

Triadic

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #db1aa2
  3. #a2db1a

Tetradic

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #531adb
  3. #db531a
  4. #a2db1a

Square

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #b41adb
  3. #db531a
  4. #41db1a

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3d52
  2. #126f97
  3. #1aa2db
  4. #57bfeb
  5. #9bd9f3

Shades

#1aa2db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #1792c5
  3. #1582af
  4. #127199
  5. #106183
  6. #0d516e
  7. #0a4158
  8. #083142
  9. #05202c
  10. #031016
  11. #000000

Tints

#1aa2db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #31abdf
  3. #48b5e2
  4. #5fbee6
  5. #76c7e9
  6. #8dd1ed
  7. #a3daf1
  8. #bae3f4
  9. #d1ecf8
  10. #e8f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1aa2db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1aa2db
  2. #249fd2
  3. #2e9bc9
  4. #3998c0
  5. #4394b7
  6. #4d91ae
  7. #578ea4
  8. #618a9b
  9. #6c8792
  10. #768389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799cb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba1dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5798da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1aa2db {
  color: #1aa2db;
}
Background
.bg-1aa2db {
  background-color: #1aa2db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1aa2db {
  border: 2px solid #1aa2db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1aa2db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 26 162 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1aa2db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1aa2db, #1a41db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1aa2db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(26 162 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.43 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.22 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.68 #e55d24 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#1aa2db  rgb(26, 162, 219)  hsl(198, 79%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#db531a  rgb(219, 83, 26)  hsl(18, 79%, 48%)  Flame
#db1aa2  rgb(219, 26, 162)  hsl(318, 79%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2db1a  rgb(162, 219, 26)  hsl(78, 79%, 48%)  Yellow Green